A new truck protest has now popped up outside SM headquarters, this time targeting aespa's Winter.
The new set of protest trucks first appeared on December 10, surrounding the SM building and showcasing fans' demands for Winter. The slogans ordered Winter to "take responsibility," "erase the tattoos," and said that if Winter wanted to date, she should leave the group and "live as Kim Minjeong, not aespa's Winter."
"If you want to date loudly, then live as ordinary citizen Kim Minjeong, not aespa's Winter"
"You promised to stay with us for 10 years, but you broke our trust"
"Erase your tattoos and come out to explain yourself!"
"Silence is not an answer. Show responsibility"
The new truck protest for Winter mirrors the one currently happening for Jungkook as well, as trucks surround the HYBE building with slogans like "Stop deceiving fans and hurting the group," "If you won't erase the tattoos, then leave BTS," and "So this is how you repay fans who patiently waited for you during enlistment."
News of the protest trucks for Winter has been met with mixed reactions from netizens, with some arguing that Winter and Jungkook deserve the protest trucks, and others pointing out that dating is not a crime.
"Wow, this is really intense"
"But the fans are probably sending these trucks because they really care about Winter. If they didn't care, they wouldn't waste time and money on something like this"
"This is so scary... I think in 10 years, they'll show pictures of this and say something like, 'This was the bizarre fan culture of the past'"
"Why are fans like this... Just leave the fandom if you feel this way"
"But I thought the fans said it was just a malicious rumor and not to spread it around... Even then, what crime did Winter and Jungkook commit?"
"If all those fans just left instead, aespa would take a huge hit to their sales"
"Without fans spending so much money and time on aespa, it wouldn't have been possible for them to become this popular... Now that they're at the top, they don't care about their fans anymore"
"Karina apologized for dating, but Winter..."
"Winter has just been stomping on the feelings of many fans"
"Those fans are truly amazing and strange. Mentally, they live in a completely different world, thinking they're so important, and that they're the absolute law deciding what idols can do ㄷㄷ The shallow, capitalist mindset that says 'since I spent money on this group, I have the right to interfere in their lives' is a bonus"
"That fandom is truly bizarre, sending all these trucks because of a single photo"
"These days, protest truck drivers are the only ones who are happy"
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